The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-24
A LOCK OF WOMAN's HAIR.
An Interesting Exhibition in an 8
glish Town.

An Interesting Exhibition il an 81
glish Town. -
New YoRK, April 23. Wandering upol
time through the out-skirting fields Of
small provincial town in England | cad
upon one of those interesting exhibitions
the kind which no doubt have been seen
Britain since the middle ages. A caIavM
of wild beasts, in charge Of a family ~
mountebanks, had been brought to a halt
aud, picturesquely grouped upon the green1
sward in front of the temporary stage whicfI
had been erected for the preceding nighfs
were to be seen all the gaping -mouthed
yolses of the village eager 10 view the many
marvels promised on payment Of silvef
sixDence Among the wonders / found aH
announcement of ''the display Of her g1ea{
natural curiosity, by Miss Sigismunda Month
morency, aged 16n ] fancied that the girl
might he one of those strange vocalists
whose voices seem compounded from tho
masculine and feminine range, but when thd
rosy-cheeked lass appeared IL came out that
her great natural curiosity was her hairS
which fell upon the floor and dragged like 4
court mantle when she walked.
There is a reaction in favor of hair. Fof
several years its glories have been clouded,
but Of late there has been manifest desire
TO possess a luxuriant crown of capillary
treasure. Biblical eulogy is not lacking
anent the surprising splendor of woman's
hair while as for that Of men abundant hair
has from the time Of the ancients been con-
sidered the attribute of divinity. What
painter. what sculptor of old has ever repre-
'sented Jupiter Apollo or Neptune without a.
glorious quantity of beautiful hair2 Phidias
said that his statue of Jupiter Olympus was
inspired by Homer, whose pages are full OF
apostrophes to the splendors of the hair OF
L. 10 a
a Hydrologic god, said that the shaking Of
his hair caused all Olympus to tremble-
Coming down to modern days, who can
forget the poetic assertion that beauty draws
us by q single hairg
American ladies in general have fine hair.
IL grows abundantly, like other vegetables,
under these favoring skies. But they do not
take altogether good care of it. The hair
needs a great deal OF ventilation Ii should
be brushed and separated by wide-toothed
comb morning and evening II should be
allowed to hang down untrammeled bY.
combs, pins or strings when one is u
deshabill but no married woman shoul2
ever appear in company with disheYelea'
hair. A few years ago this frantic mod
prevailed among women of poor taste an0
limited reading. The flowing hair is tn
mark of virgin, in all pictorial art and
so mentioned by Horace Walpole in his hi1
tory of painting, published more than O hur
dred years ago. Queen Victoria viii NJ
permit married woman whose hair is fyiil
about her shoulders to approach her pre-
ence but the little Wales and Edinbur
girls--her grandchildren-wear their gold4
locks unfettered by the snood. #E
I'm spite Of the dictum of interested hal
sellers and hair-dressers nothing is so beat
tiflIl and becoming to a woman as luxuria1@
natural hair simply wined about the hea@
while tr1iant love lock here and there Z
capes from bondage and falls in curves
beauty on the brows. OLIVE LOGAN. s